Method for resource request information processing, apparatus, communication device and storage medium

ABSTRACT

A resource request information processing method includes: reporting computation resource request information, where the computation resource request information is configured for requesting computation resources from a network side.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The disclosure relates to, but not limited to, the technical field ofradio communication, and in particular to a method and apparatus forprocessing resource request information, a communication device, and astorage medium.

BACKGROUND

An uplink grant is generally used at the network side (for example, basestation) to schedule uplink transmission of a user equipment (UE).

The uplink transmission needs to occupy various resources, for example,typical resources occupied by the uplink transmission are air interfaceresources of uplink channels.

However, as technology advances, the uplink transmission may consume notonly the air interface resources but also other resources.

During logic channel multiplexing, how to ensure that a transportchannel is multiplexed or a service corresponding to a logic channel canbe well carried on a resource corresponding to the transport channel isa problem that needs to be addressed further in the related art.

SUMMARY

Provided in examples of the disclosure are a method and apparatus forprocessing resource request information, a communication device, and astorage medium.

A first aspect of examples of the disclosure provides a method forprocessing resource request information. The method includes:

reporting computation resource request information, where thecomputation resource request information is used for requesting acomputation resource from a network side.

A second aspect of examples of the disclosure provides a method forprocessing resource request information. The method includes:

receiving computation resource request information, where thecomputation resource request information is used for requesting acomputation resource from a network side.

A third aspect of examples of the disclosure provides an apparatus forprocessing resource request information. The apparatus includes:

a reporting module configured to report computation resource requestinformation, where the computation resource request information is usedfor requesting a computation resource from a network side.

A fourth aspect of examples of the disclosure provides an apparatus forprocessing resource request information. The apparatus includes:

a reception module configured to receive computation resource requestinformation, where the computation resource request information is usedfor requesting a computation resource from a network side.

A fifth aspect of examples of the disclosure provides a communicationdevice. The communication device includes a processor, a transceiver, amemory, and an executable program stored on the memory and executable bythe processor. When running the executable program, the processorexecutes the method shown according to any one of technical solutions ofthe first aspect or the second aspect.

A sixth aspect of examples of the disclosure provides a computer storagemedium. The computer storage medium stores an executable program, andthe executable program may implement the method shown according to anyone of technical solutions of the first aspect or the second aspectafter being executed by a processor.

Examples of the disclosure provide the technical solutions, in theexamples of the disclosure, the computation resource request informationis used for requesting a computation resource from the network side,such that when the network side issues an uplink grant according to aconfiguration resource, not only a radio air interface resource is takeninto account, but also the computation resource is taken into account.Thus, a service providing failure phenomenon that a scheduled resourcefails to provide a corresponding service since the computation resourceis not considered when the network side performs resource scheduling maybe reduced, and the service quality of the service may be improved.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description andthe following detailed description are illustrative and explanatorymerely and are not restrictive of examples of the disclosure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The accompanying drawings here are incorporated into the description asa constituent part of the description, illustrate examples conforming tothe disclosure, and serve to explain principles of the examples of thedisclosure along with the description.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a radio communication systemaccording to an example;

FIG. 2 is a schematic flow diagram for processing resource requestinformation according to an example;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a buffer status report (BSR) accordingto an example;

FIG. 4 is a schematic flow diagram of a method for processing resourcerequest information according to an example;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a computation status request (CSR)according to an example;

FIG. 6 is a schematic flow diagram of a method for processing resourcerequest information according to an example;

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for processingresource request information according to an example;

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for processingresource request information according to an example;

FIG. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a user equipment (UE)according to an example; and

FIG. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a base station according toan example.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Description will here be made in detail to examples, instances of whichare illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the followingdescription refers to the accompanying drawings, the same numbers indifferent accompanying drawings refer to the same or similar elementsunless otherwise instructed. The implementations described in thefollowing examples do not denote all implementations consistent with theexamples of the disclosure. On the contrary, the embodiments are merelyinstances of an apparatus and a method consistent with some aspects ofthe examples of the disclosure as detailed in the appended claims.

The terms used in the examples of the disclosure are merely for thepurpose of describing specific examples, and are not intended to limitthe examples of the disclosure. The singular forms such as “a/an”, “”and “the” used in the examples of the disclosure and the appended claimsare also intended to include the plural forms, unless otherwise clearlystated in the context. It should also be understood that the term“and/or” used here refers to and contains any or all possiblecombinations of one or more associated listed items.

It should be understood that although the terms “first”, “second”,“third”, etc. can be employed in the examples of the disclosure todescribe various information, such information should not be limited tothese terms. These terms are merely used for distinguishing the sametype of information from each other. For instance, first information mayalso be referred to as second information, and similarly, secondinformation may also be referred to as first information, withoutdeparting from the scope of the examples of the disclosure. The word“if” as used here may be construed to mean “upon” or “when” or “inresponse to determining”, depending on the context.

With reference to FIG. 1 , a structural schematic diagram of a radiocommunication system provided in an example of the disclosure is shown.As shown in FIG. 1 , the radio communication system is based on acellular mobile communication technology, and may include: several UEs11 and several base stations 12.

The UEs 11 may be devices providing speech and/or data connectivity fora user. The UEs 11 may be in communication with one or more corenetworks via a radio access network (RAN). Each of the UEs 11 may be anInternet of Things UE, such as a sensor device, a mobile telephone (alsocalled a cellular telephone) or a computer having an Internet of ThingsUE, for instance, may be a stationary, portable, pocket, handheld,intra-computer or vehicle-mounted apparatus, for instance, a station(STA), a subscriber unit, a subscriber station, a mobile station, amobile, a remote station, an access point, a remote terminal, an accessterminal, a user terminal, a user agent, a user device, or a userequipment (UE). Alternatively, each of the UEs 11 may also be a deviceof an unmanned aerial vehicle. Alternatively, each of the UEs 11 mayalso be a vehicle-mounted device, for instance, an electronic controlunit having a radio communication function, or a radio communicationdevice externally connected to the electronic control unit.Alternatively, each of the UEs 11 may also be a roadside device, forinstance, a street lamp, a signal lamp, or another roadside devicehaving a radio communication function.

The base stations 12 may be network side devices in the radiocommunication system. The radio communication system may be a 4thgeneration (4G) mobile communication system, which is also called a longterm evolution (LTE) system; and alternatively, the radio communicationsystem may also be a 5th generation (5G) mobile communication system,which is also called a new radio (NR) system or a 5G NR system.Alternatively, the radio communication system may also be anext-generation system of the 5G system. An access network in the 5Gsystem may be called a new generation-radio access network (NG-RAN).Alternatively, a machine type communication (MTC) system.

Each of the base stations 12 may be an evolved node B (eNB) used in the4G system. Alternatively, each of the base stations 12 may also be ageneration node B (gNB) with a central and distributed framework used inthe 5G system. When using the central and distributed framework, each ofthe base stations 12 usually includes a central unit (CU) and at leasttwo distributed units (DUs). The central unit is provided with protocolstacks of a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer, a radio linkcontrol (RLC) layer, and a media access control (MAC) layer; and thedistributed unit is provided with a protocol stack of a physical (PHY)layer. A specific implementation of the base station 12 is not limitedin the examples of the disclosure.

The base stations 12 can be in radio connection with the UEs 11 by meansof radio air interface. In different implementation modes, the radio airinterface is a radio air interface based on a 4th generation mobilecommunication network technology (4G) standard; alternatively, the radioair interface is a radio air interface based on a 5th generation mobilecommunication network technology (5G) standard, for instance, the radioair interface is a new radio; and alternatively, the radio air interfacemay also be a radio air interface based on a 5G-based next generationmobile communication network technology standard.

In some examples, an end to end (E2E) connection can be furtherestablished between the UEs 11, for instance, scenes such as vehicle tovehicle (V2V) communication, vehicle to infrastructure (V2I)communication, and vehicle to pedestrian (V2P) communication in vehicleto everything (V2X) communication.

In some examples, the radio communication system may further include anetwork management device 13.

The several base stations 12 are connected with the network managementdevice 13 separately. The network management device 13 may be a corenetwork device in the radio communication system. For instance, thenetwork management device 13 may be a mobility management entity (MME)in an evolved packet core (EPC). Alternatively, the network managementdevice may also be other core network devices, such as a serving gateway(SGW), a public data network gateway (PGW), a policy and charging rulesfunction (PCRF), or a home subscriber server (HSS). An implementationform of the network management device 13 is not limited in the examplesof the disclosure.

Mobile applications based on an artificial intelligence (AI) service ormachine learning (ML) are increasingly computationally intensive, withlarge memory consumption and power consumption. Meantime, a terminaldevice typically has strict energy consumption, computing and memorycost limitations. Thus, many AI or ML applications currently intend tooffload a process of training or inference from a mobile device to anetwork side, such as a base station side. In this case, two dimensionsmay be obtained from the perspective of the resources needed by the userequipment (UE), one is the dimension of the radio resources, that is,resources of the radio interface (first type of resources) that wegenerally understand, for instance, a radio bandwidth that we generallyunderstand to be needed for uplink transmission to the UE. In existingimplementations, an evolved Node B (eNB) allocates this type ofresources to the UE. But with introduction of a new service for themobile applications of AI/ML, besides the first dimension resources thatneed to be considered, the second dimension that needs moreconsideration is the computation dimension (second type of resources),that is, computation resources consumed by the base station, forinstance, a central processing unit (CPU), a memory, need to be takeninto account. Thus, for a certain grant provided by the base station,under the condition that only resources of type 1 are provided, theresources are not necessarily applicable for a logic channelcorresponding to the AI service or the ML service. Thus, the logicchannel corresponding to the AI service or the ML service needs to beadditionally processed during logic channel priority processing.

As shown in FIG. 2 , an example of the disclosure provides a method forprocessing resource request information. The method includes:

S110: report computation resource request information, where thecomputation resource request information is used for requesting acomputation resource from a network side.

The method may be applied to a user equipment (UE). The UE may include,but not limited to, a stationary terminal and a mobile terminal. Themobile terminal includes, but not limited to: a communication devicesuch as a wearable device worn by a user, or a mobile phone. The mobileterminal may further include a vehicle-mounted device, etc.

In the example of the disclosure, the computation resource requestinformation is used for requesting the computation resource from thenetwork side, so as to provide the computation resource for serviceprocessing at the terminal. Thus, when the network side issues an uplinkgrant according to a configuration resource, not only a radio airinterface resource is taken into account, but also the computationresource is taken into account.

In the example of the disclosure, the computation resource requestinformation may be used for indicating at least one of:

-   quantity information used for indicating the quantity of the    requested computation resource, which may also be referred to as    computation size; and-   type information used for indicating a requested computation    resource type. In an example, the types of the computation resource    may include computing resource types and storage resource types. The    computation resource types associated with computing may include a    computing resource, such as a CPU or a graphics processing unit    (GPU). The storage resource types may also include a memory resource    or a hard disk resource for data storage during computing.

By transmitting the computation resource request information, inresource configuration for the network side, besides a buffer statusreport (BSR), information about the computation resource may further beprovided, so as to provide more reference information for targetedresource configuration and scheduling, such that a scheduled resource ismore compliant with current communication needs. On the one hand,unnecessary resource waste is reduced, and on the other hand, theresource required by the UE is provided as much as possible, toguarantee the transmission of the service.

In some examples, the step of reporting computation resource requestinformation includes:

report the computation resource request information by means of a mediumaccess control (MAC) control element (CE).

The resource request information is reported by means of the MAC CE, inthis way, the network side takes into account various types of resourcesneeded when multiplexing from a logic channel to a transport channelcorresponding to the MAC CE when issuing an uplink grant. Uploading thecomputation resource request information by means of the MAC CE hasfeatures of easy implementation and great flexibility.

In some examples, the computation resource request information iscarried in a computation status request (CSR) and reported; andalternatively, the computation resource request information is carriedin a buffer status report (BSR) and reported.

The computation resource request information may be carried in aspecially configured CSR and reported. The CSR may be a requestspecifically provided for uploading the computation resource requestinformation, in this way, an information format of the CSR may beadaptively adjusted based on the features of the computation resourcerequest information. For instance, fields included in the CSR and thequantity of bits included in each field, etc. are determined based onthe features of the computation resource request information.

In an example, the CSR is associated with a logic channel identity(LCID) value, and one of reserved indexes in LCID indexes of the LCIDvalue corresponding to the CSR. The CSR may be specifically assigned anindependent LCID value. For instance, index 33 in Table 1 is one ofreserved indexes of LCID values currently used for an uplink sharedchannel (UL-SCH). Index 33 may be assigned to the CSR. Certainly, inanother example, the index of the CSR may also be a completelyindependent additional index.

Table 1 shows corresponding relations between the CSR carrying thecomputation resource request information and the indexes.

TABLE 1 Index Logic channel identity (LCID) values 0 64-bit commoncontrol channel (CCCH) 1-32 Logic channel identity (LCID) 33 Computationstatus request (CSR) 334-51 Reserved 52 48-bit CCCH 53 Recommended bitrate query 54 Multiple entry power headroom report (PHR) (four octet Ci)55 Configured grant confirmation 56 Multiple entry PHR (one octet Ci) 57Single entry PHR 58 Cell radio temporary identity (C-RNTI) 59 Shorttruncated buffer status report (BSR) 60 Long truncated BSR 61 Short BSR62 Long BSR 63 Padding

The CSR in Table 1 may be used for carrying computation resource requestinformation.

In some other examples, to simplify transmission and for bettercompatibility with the related art, in the example of the disclosure,the computation resource request information and the buffer informationmay multiplex the BSR, and in this way, the BSR may be used for carryingboth the computation resource request information and the bufferinformation.

The buffer information may be used for indicating a data size of abuffer data packet to be transmitted by the UE, and/or resourceinformation needed to transmit transmit the buffer data packet, etc.

In an example, one or more fields are added to the BSR so as to carrythe computation resource request information.

In another example, the computation resource request information iscarried by using reserved bits or reserved sequences in the BSR.

In an example, the computation resource request information is used forindicating a requested computation size and/or computation resourcetype, the computation size indicating the amount of the requestedcomputation resource, and the computation resource type includes acomputing resource type and/or a storage resource type.

In some examples, the BSR includes at least one of:

-   the computation size; and-   a buffer size indicating a buffer data size currently buffered for    transmission by the UE; and in this way, the network side may    schedule an adaptive uplink transmission resource for transmission    of the buffer data according to the buffer size.

In an embodiment, the computation size may be used for indicating arange of the required computation resource and includes: a size of acomputing resource (a computing size) needed for service processingand/or a size of a storage resource (a storage resource size) needed, soas to facilitate resource scheduling by the network side according tothe computing size and/or the size of the storage resources needed.

Thus, in an example, the BSR includes:

-   a computing size used for indicating the amount of a requested    computing resource; and-   a buffer size indicating a buffer data size currently buffered for    transmission by the UE; and in this way, the network side may    schedule an adaptive uplink transmission resource for transmission    of the buffer data according to the buffer size.

The computing size may separately indicate the amount of resources of aprocessor such as a CPU and/or a GPU involved in computing that isneeded for service processing by the terminal, for instance, a presetnumber of threads, and/or CPU cores, etc.

Alternatively, the computing size may indicate a range of number ofcomputing times needed for service processing by the terminal, forinstance, 100 thousand multiply-accumulates, etc.

In another example, the BSR includes:

-   a storage resource size used for indicating the amount of a storage    resource needed for service processing; and-   a buffer size indicating a buffer data size currently buffered for    transmission by the UE; and in this way, the network side may    schedule an adaptive uplink transmission resource for transmission    of the buffer data according to the buffer size.

In yet another example, the BSR includes:

-   a computing size used for indicating the amount of a requested    computing resource;-   a storage resource size used for indicating the amount of a storage    resource needed for service processing; and-   a buffer size indicating a buffer data size currently buffered for    transmission by the UE; and in this way, the network side may    schedule an adaptive uplink transmission resource for transmission    of the buffer data according to the buffer size.

For instance, an access device and/or a core network device on thenetwork side performs resource scheduling.

The access device on the network side includes, but not limited to, abase station.

The core network device includes, but not limited to, an accessmanagement function (AMF), etc. for scheduling of a radio air interfaceresource and/or a computation resource on the network side.

In an example, the BSR includes a first field used for the computationsize and a second field used for the buffer size; and alternatively, theBSR includes a single field available for both the computation size andthe buffer size.

The number of bits corresponding to the single field may be arbitrarynumber, and the single field may correspond to one or more bytes.

In some examples, the BSR includes: different types of bytes carryingthe computation size and the buffer size separately; and

alternatively, the BSR includes a byte capable of carrying both thecomputation size and the buffer size.

In an example, by adapting the BSR (for instance, adding one or morefields, specifically indicating the computation size, in the BSR), thecomputation size and the buffer size may be carried in different typesof fields in the BSR, and in this way, the BSR will have two differenttypes of fields that carry fixed contents, either the computation sizeor the buffer size.

In another example, the BSR may further include a single field that maycarry either the computation size or the buffer size, or may indicateboth the computation size and the buffer size.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the BSR carrying both the buffer sizeand the computation size. In this figure, the field is an octet. ByteOct1 carries an identity of the logic channel, and may carry 8 bits ofidentity of the logic channel. Oct2 and Oct3 carry the buffer size,Octm+1 is the computation size, and in this case, the computation sizeand buffer size are carried by different bytes.

With reference to FIG. 4 , the computation size occupies only part ofthe bits in one byte, and the remaining bits of the byte may further beused for indicating the buffer size. For instance, in FIG. 4 , thecomputation size occupies the last two bits of Oct1 and the first 5 bitsof Oct2. The remaining bits of Oct2 may be used for indicating thebuffer size or may be reserved for use as the remaining bits, denoted byR.

In some examples, the computation resource request information indicatesthe amount of a requested computation resource and/or a computationresource type by carrying a computation size and/or the computationresource type.

The amount of the computation resource may include:

indicated by the amount of the requested computation, for instance, Nmultiply-accumulates. The N multiply-accumulates include: N additionsand N multiplies.

The computation resource type may include a computing resource formed byresources such as a CPU and/or a GPU, and/or a storage resource such asa memory.

In some examples, the computation resource request information includes:

-   a first resource index used for indicating a quantization range of    the computing resource; and/or,-   a second resource index used for indicating a quantization range of    the storage resource.

For instance, different quantization ranges of the computing resourcehave different resource indexes. In this way, a first resource index mayhave M1 bits, 2^(M1) values of the M1 bits may indicate 2^(M2) ranges.M1 is 0 or a positive integer. Table 2 shows a corresponding relationwhen the first resource index is the quantization range of thecomputation resource.

TABLE 2 First resource index Number of operations (ten thousand times) 00-1 1 1-10 2 ... ... ... 63 ...

Similarly, different quantization ranges of the storage resource havedifferent resource indexes. In this way, a second resource index mayhave M2 bits, 2^(M2) values of the M2 bits may indicate 2^(M2) ranges.M2 is 0 or a positive integer. Table 3 shows a corresponding relationwhen the second resource index is the quantization range of thecomputation resource.

TABLE 3 Second resource index Memory consumption (hundred Mega) 0 0-1 11-10 2 ... ... ... 63 ...

In some examples, the computation resource request information includes:

a third resource index used for indicating the quantity of a computingresource and the quantity of a storage resource corresponding to thequantity of the computing resource. For instance, table 4 shows an indextable of the third resource index indicating both the quantity of thecomputing resource and the quantity of the storage resourcecorresponding to the quantity of the computing resource.

Table 4 is an illustration of a corresponding relation between the thirdresource index and the quantity of the computing resource as well as thequantity of the storage resource.

TABLE 4 Third resource index Multiply-accumulates Memory consumption 00-1 0-1 1 1-10 1-10 2 ... ... ... ... 63 ... ...

In an example of the disclosure, by the introduction of the thirdresource index, since the third resource establishes a correspondingrelation with both the quantity of the computing resource and thequantity of the storage resource, the reporting by the third resourceindex simultaneously reports the quantity of the computing resourcerequested by the UE and the quantity of the storage resource, which hasa small signaling overhead.

In another example, in some examples, the computation resource requestinformation includes:

a fourth resource index used for indicating the computation size and/orthe buffer size.

For instance, when the fourth resource index indicates the computationsize and/or the buffer size, then the computation size has a presetcorresponding relation with the buffer size. In this way, one resourceindex indicating both the computation size and the buffer size may beimplemented.

In an example, the fourth resource index is used for indicating acomputation resource and a buffer size corresponding to the computationresource. In this case, the fourth resource index indicates both acomputation size and the buffer size. In this way, the indication ofboth the buffer size and the computation size is implemented by a singleresource index, and a bit overhead is small.

In an example, the fourth resource index may be carried by a singlefield. The single field here may include one or more bytes. That is, thesingle field carries a fourth resource index used for indicating thecomputation size and/or the buffer size.

In an example, the BSR has a plurality of types of fields, for instance,a single field that specifically indicates a buffer size, a single fieldthat specifically indicates a computation size, and/or a single fieldthat may indicate both the buffer size and the computation size.

The single field here may include one or more bytes.

Table 5 is an illustration of corresponding relations between the fourthresource index and the computation resource as well as the buffer.

TABLE 5 Index Buffer size (BS) value Multiply- Accumulates (10 thousandtimes) Index BS value Multiply- Accumulates (10 thousand times) Index BSvalue Multiply- Accumulates (10thousand times) Index BS value Multiply-Accumulates (10 thousand times) 0 0 0-1 8 ≤102 ... 16 ≤ 1446 ... 24 ≤20516 ... 1 ≤10 10-20 9 ≤142 ... 17 ≤ 2014 25 ≤ 28581 ... 2 ≤14 ... 10≤198 ... 18 ≤ 2806 ... 26 ≤ 39818 ... 3 ≤20 ... 11 ≤276 ... 19 ≤ 3909... 27 ≤ 55474 ... 4 ≤28 ... 12 ≤384 ... 20 ≤ 5446 ... 28 ≤ 77284 ... 5≤38 ... 13 ≤535 ... 21 ≤ 7587 ... 29 ≤ 107669 ... 6 ≤53 ... 14 ≤745 ...22 ≤ 10570 ... 30 ≤ 150000 ... 7 ≤74 ... 15 ≤1038 ... 23 ≤ 14726 ...31 > 150000 ...

In the example of the disclosure, the first resource index to the fourthresource index may be carried in the CSR or the BSR separately. However,the first resource index to the third resource index are preferentiallycarried when the computation resource request information is transmittedby means of the CSR. The fourth resource index is preferentially carriedwhen the computation resource request information is transmitted bymeans of the BSR, so as to implement simultaneous indication and requestof the BS and CS.

In some examples, the step of reporting computation resource requestinformation includes:

receive the reported computation resource request information accordingto preset computation resource reporting granularity.

This preset computation resource reporting granularity includes one of:

UE granularity;

-   logic channel granularity; and-   logic channel group granularity.

For instance, when the computation resource request information isreported at the granularity of the entire UE, the correspondingcomputation resource request information may be reported aftercomputation resources needed for all logic channels in the UE beingcounted.

The computation resource request information is reported for computingresource allocations for each logic channel under the condition that thecomputation resource request information is reported at the granularityof the logic channel.

A logic channel group may include one or more logic channels.

When the computation resource request information is reported at thegranularity of the logic channel group, the corresponding computationresource request information may be reported after computation resourcesneeded for the entire logic channel group being counted.

The reporting of the computation resource request information atdifferent resource granularity may be based on a current demand, tosatisfy different communication scenes and demands under communicationscenes, according to preset granularity.

In some examples, S110 may include:

report the computation resource request information in response to arequest to transmit a first type of service.

The method further includes:

report no computation resource request information in response to arequest to transmit a second type of service.

The amount of the computation resource needed for the first type ofservice is greater than the computation resource needed for the secondtype of service.

The first type of service may include a service associated withartificial intelligence (AI) and/or a service associated with machinelearning (ML).

The second type of service may be services other than the serviceassociated with AI or the service associated with ML, for instance, aregular speech service or video service.

Typically, the type of resources needed for the second type of serviceis mainly air interface resources. The type of resources needed for thefirst type of service may be primarily computation resources.

The service associated with AI includes, but not limited to, at leastone of:

-   an AI application service, such as a service using an AI model, for    instance, image recognition and/or speech processing based on the AI    model, etc.; and-   an AI training service for training the AI model.

The service associated with ML includes, but not limited to, at leastone of:

-   an ML application service, such as a service using an ML model, for    instance, image recognition and/or speech processing based on the ML    model, etc.; and-   an ML generation service for generating the ML model based on    inference operations such as induction and refinement of sample    data.

For instance, in view of the fact that only the logic channels for thefirst type of service have a need to report the computation resourceindex, the logic channels of the first type of service may be attributedinto one logic channel group, and computation resource requestinformation for such logic channel group are reported overall by usingthe MAC CE. The logic channels of the second type of service that do notneed to report the computation resource request information areattributed to a different logic channel group from the logic channels ofthe first type of service, such logic channel group may report thebuffer size with a BSR that does not need to report the computationresource request information.

As shown in FIG. 5 , an example of the disclosure provides a method forprocessing resource request information. The method includes:

S210: receive computation resource request information, where thecomputation resource request information is used for requesting acomputation resource from a network side.

The method for processing resource request information according to theexample of the disclosure may be applied to a network side, inparticular in an access device and/or a core network device on thenetwork side.

In the example of the disclosure, the network side device may receivethe computation resource request information transmitted by the UE, andafter receiving the computation resource request information, mayperform resource scheduling according to the computation resourcerequest information, or disregard the computation resource requestinformation for performing resource scheduling.

In some examples, S210 may include:

receive the computation resource request information by means of an MACCE.

The computation resource request information is carried at an MAC CElayer. Since the computation resource request information is carried bythe MAC CE, the network side may obtain the computation resource requestinformation by receiving the MAC CE.

In some examples, the computation resource request information iscarried in a computation status request (CSR); and alternatively, thecomputation resource request information is carried in a buffer statusreport (BSR).

In an example, the computation resource request information is used forindicating a requested computation size and/or computation resourcetype, the computation size indicating the amount of the requestedcomputation resource, and the computation resource type includes acomputing resource type and/or a storage resource type.

In another example, the CSR is associated with a logic channel identity(LCID) value, and one of reserved indexes in LCID indexes of the LCIDvalue corresponding to the CSR.

Index 33 in Table 1 is the index of the CSR, and is a reserved index inthe indexes corresponding to the LCID value.

In another example, the index of the CSR may further be an additionalindex in the indexes corresponding to the LCID value.

In an example, the BSR includes at least one of:

-   the computation size; and-   a buffer size, the buffer size is used for indicating a requested    buffer data size.

The computation size may include a computing size and/or a storage size.The storage size may be short for a storage resource size.

Thus, in an example, the BSR includes:

-   a computing size used for indicating the amount of a requested    computing resource; and-   a buffer size indicating a buffer data size currently buffered for    transmission by the UE; and in this way, the network side may    schedule an adaptive uplink transmission resource for transmission    of the buffer data according to the buffer size.

The computing size may separately indicate the amount of resources of aprocessor such as a CPU and/or a GPU involved in computing that isneeded for service processing by the terminal, for instance, a presetnumber of threads, and/or CPU cores, etc.

Alternatively, the computing size may indicate a range of number ofcomputing times needed for service processing by the terminal, forinstance, 100 thousand multiply-accumulates, etc.

In another example, the BSR includes:

-   a storage resource size used for indicating the amount of a storage    resource needed for service processing; and-   a buffer size indicating a buffer data size currently buffered for    transmission by the UE; and in this way, the network side may    schedule an adaptive uplink transmission resource for transmission    of the buffer data according to the buffer size.

In yet another example, the BSR includes:

-   a computing size used for indicating the amount of a requested    computing resource;-   a storage resource size used for indicating the amount of a storage    resource needed for service processing; and-   a buffer size indicating a buffer data size currently buffered for    transmission by the UE; and in this way, the network side may    schedule an adaptive uplink transmission resource for transmission    of the buffer data according to the buffer size.

Reference may be made to the foregoing examples for related descriptionsof the buffer size and the computing size, which is not repeated here.

In an example, the BSR includes a first field used for the computationsize and a second field used for the buffer size; and alternatively, theBSR includes a single field available for both the computation size andthe buffer size.

The number of bits corresponding to the single field may be arbitrarynumber, and the single field may correspond to one or more bytes.

In some examples, the BSR includes: different types of fields carryingthe computation size and the buffer size separately; and alternatively,the BSR includes a field capable of carrying both the computation sizeand the buffer size.

The one field here may include one or more bytes.

In some examples, the computation resource request information indicatesthe amount of a requested computation resource and/or a computationresource type by carrying a computation size and/or the computationresource type.

The computation resource may include a computing resource and a storageresource. The computing resource involves a CPU, or GPU, etc. Thestorage resource relates to at least a memory.

In some example, the computing resource size includes:

-   a first resource index used for indicating a quantization range of    the computing resource; and/or,-   a second resource index used for indicating a quantization range of    the storage resource.

In some examples, the computation resource request information furtherincludes:

a third resource index used for indicating the quantity of a computingresource and the quantity of a storage resource corresponding to thequantity of the computing resource.

In another example, the computation resource request information furtherincludes:

a fourth resource index used for indicating the computation size and/orthe buffer size.

Specifically, a single field carries the fourth resource index used forindicating the computation size and/or the buffer size.

In some examples, S210 may include:

receive the reported computation resource request information accordingto preset computation resource reporting granularity.

The UE may report the computation resource request information accordingto the currently needed computation resource reporting granularity. Inthis way, the base station receives the computation resource requestinformation reported by the UE according to the preset computationresource reporting granularity.

This preset computation resource reporting granularity includes, but notlimited to, one of: UE granularity; logic channel granularity; and logicchannel group granularity.

The network side needs to perform resource scheduling according to thecomputation resource request information, for instance, under thecondition that the UE reports the computation resource requestinformation at the UE granularity, the computation resources areuniformly scheduled for all logic channels of the UE at the UEgranularity. Under the condition that the UE reports the computationresource request information per logic channel group (LCG), computationresource scheduling per LCG is performed on the logic channels in the UEat the UE granularity. Under the condition that the UE reports thecomputation resource request information per single logic channel (LC),computation resource scheduling per single LC is performed on the logicchannels in the UE at the UE granularity.

In some examples, with reference to FIG. 6 , the method furtherincludes:

S220: issue an uplink grant according to the computation resourcerequest information, where the uplink grant is used for uplink resourcescheduling.

The uplink grant here may be used for physical uplink shared channel(PUSCH) scheduling, during PUSCH scheduling, the consideration of thecomputation resource may be introduced while the computation resourcerequest information is combined for air interface resource scheduling,such that the scheduled resources may better complete the correspondingservice.

As shown in FIG. 7 , an example of the disclosure provides an apparatusfor processing resource request information. The apparatus includes:

a reporting module 310 configured to report computation resource requestinformation, where the computation resource request information is usedfor requesting a computation resource from a network side.

In some examples, the reporting module 310 includes, but not limited to,a program module. After being executed by a processor, the programmodule may implement implement reporting the computation resourcerequest information.

In some other examples, the reporting module 310 includes, but notlimited to, a software-and-hardware-combined module; and thesoftware-and-hardware-combined module is not limited to a programmablearray. The programmable array includes, but not limited to, variouscomplex programmable arrays or field programmable arrays.

In still other examples, the reporting module 310 further includes, butnot limited to, a pure hardware module; and the pure hardware moduleincludes, but not limited to, a pure hardware circuit.

In some examples, the reporting module 310 is configured to report thecomputation resource request information by means of a medium accesscontrol (MAC) control element (CE).

In some examples, the computation resource request information is usedfor indicating a requested computation size and/or computation resourcetype, the computation size indicating the amount of the requestedcomputation resource, and the computation resource type includes acomputing resource type and/or a storage resource type.

In some examples, the CSR is associated with an LCID value, and one ofreserved indexes in LCID indexes of the LCID value corresponding to theCSR.

In some examples, the BSR includes at least one of:

-   the computation size; and-   a buffer size, the buffer size is used for indicating a requested    buffer data size.

In some examples, the BSR includes a first field used for thecomputation size and a second field used for the buffer size;

-   and alternatively,-   the BSR includes a single field available for both the computation    size and the buffer size.

In some examples, the computation resource request information includes:

-   a first resource index used for indicating a quantization range of    the requested computation resource; [0207] and/or,-   a second resource index used for indicating a quantization range of    a requested storage resource.

In some examples, the computation resource request information includes:

a third resource index used for indicating the quantity of a computingresource and the quantity of a storage resource corresponding to thequantity of the computing resource.

In some example, the single field carries

a fourth resource index used for indicating the computation size and/orthe buffer size.

In some examples, the computation size has a preset correspondingrelation with the buffer size.

In some examples, the step of reporting computation resource requestinformation includes:

receive the reported computation resource request information accordingto preset computation resource reporting granularity.

In some examples, the preset computation resource reporting granularityincludes one of: UE granularity; logic channel granularity; and logicchannel group granularity.

As shown in FIG. 8 , an example of the disclosure provides an apparatusfor processing resource request information. The apparatus includes:

a reception module 410 configured to receive computation resourcerequest information, where the computation resource request informationis used for requesting a computation resource from a network side.

In some examples, the reception module 410 includes, but not limited to,a program module. After being executed by a processor, the programmodule may implement implement receiving the computation resourcerequest information.

In some other examples, the reception module 410 includes, but notlimited to, a software-and-hardware-combined module; and thesoftware-and-hardware-combined module is not limited to a programmablearray. The programmable array includes, but not limited to, variouscomplex programmable arrays or field programmable arrays.

In still other examples, the reception module 410 further includes, butnot limited to, a pure hardware module; and the pure hardware moduleincludes, but not limited to, a pure hardware circuit.

In some examples, the reception module 410 is configured to receive thecomputation resource request information by means of an MAC CE.

In some examples, the computation resource request information iscarried in a computation status request (CSR); and alternatively, thecomputation resource request information is carried in a buffer statusreport (BSR).

In some examples, the computation resource request information is usedfor indicating a requested computation size and/or computation resourcetype, the computation size indicating the amount of the requestedcomputation resource, and the computation resource type includes acomputing resource type and/or a storage resource type.

In some examples, the CSR is associated with an LCID value, and one ofreserved indexes in LCID indexes of the LCID value corresponding to theCSR.

In some examples, the BSR includes at least one of: the computationsize; and a buffer size, the buffer size is used for indicating arequested buffer data size.

In some examples, the BSR includes a first field for the computationsize and a second field for the buffer size; and alternatively, the BSRincludes a single field for both the computation size and the buffersize.

In some examples, the computation resource request information includes:a first resource index used for indicating a quantization range of therequested computation resource; and/or, a second resource index used forindicating a quantization range of a requested storage resource.

In some examples, the computation resource request information includes:

a third resource index used for indicating the quantity of a computingresource and the quantity of a storage resource corresponding to thequantity of the computing resource.

In some example, the single field carries

a fourth resource index used for indicating the computation size and/orthe buffer size.

In some examples, the computation size has a preset correspondingrelation with the buffer size.

In some examples, the receiving computation resource request informationincludes:

receive the computation resource request information reported accordingto preset computation resource reporting granularity.

In some examples, the preset computation resource reporting granularityincludes one of:

UE granularity;

-   logic channel granularity; and-   logic channel group granularity.

An example provides a computation resource request method. The methodincludes:

introduce a new MAC CE for a UE to provide computation resource requestinformation for a base station.

As an example, the MAC CE is called as a computation status request(CSR), and in this case, a new LCID value needs to be added to aprotocol to represent the CSR.

The added LCID value is mainly used for scheduling an uplink sharedchannel (UL-SCH).

As an example, the CSR carries the amount of the computation resourceneeded by the UE, specifically N multiply-accumulates; and/or the CSRcarries memory consumption (in bytes or bits, etc.) needed by the UE.

In order to reduce signaling overhead, the UE merely reports acorresponding code point.

A corresponding relation between the code point and the correspondingcomputation resource may be specified by the protocol or pre-agreed(hardcoded in a terminal). The code point here may be any one of theforegoing first resource index to fourth resource index.

As an example: 0-10 thousand multiply-accumulates is reported as 0,10-100 thousand multiply-accumulates is reported as 1...

As an example: 0-10 thousand multiply-accumulates is reported as 0,10-100 thousand multiply-accumulates is reported as 1...

The following is an example of a combination of reporting themultiply-accumulates and memory consumption. A mapping relation of acomputation size levels index to specific computation resources isestablished in Table 1. Here, the computation size levels index may bethe foregoing first resource index for indicating a needed computationsize or computation size level.

The granularity of a computation resource needed for reporting a logicchannel may be per UE or per logic channel (LCH) or per logic channelgroup (LCG).

In the example of reporting per LC, the LCID occupies 6 bits, the numberof bits occupied by a computing size may be 7 bits, and the other arereserved bits.

The existing MAC CE carrying a BSR is extended, which is used for the UEto provide information requesting a computation resource to the basestation. As an example: logic channels for an AI service or an MLservice are individually in one logic channel group.

As an example, the UE providing the base station with the informationrequesting computation resource from a network side may be jointly anduniformly coded with the existing BSR, for instance, jointly anduniformly coded may be embodied in the mode of the foregoing fourthresource index.

In this case, for some LCGs, a field in a BSR message reported is notjust the original buffer size level and may further include acomputation size.

The example of the disclosure provides a communication device. Thecommunication device includes a processor, a transceiver, a memory, andan executable program which is stored on the memory and runnable by theprocessor, where when running the executable program, the processorexecutes a method for processing resource request information applied toa UE and provided by any of the aforementioned technical solutions, orexecutes a method for processing resource request information applied toa base station and provided by any of the aforementioned technicalsolutions.

The communication device may be the aforementioned base station or UE.

The processor may include various types of storage media. The storagemedia are non-transitory computer storage media that may continue toremember information stored after the communication device is poweredoff. The communication device includes the base station or the UE.

The processor may be connected to the memory through a bus, etc. forreading the executable program stored on the memory, for instance, atleast one of the methods shown in FIGS. 2-5 .

The example of the disclosure provides a computer storage medium. Thecomputer storage medium stores an executable program, and after theexecutable program is executed by a processor, the method shown in anytechnical solution of the first aspect or the second aspect may beimplemented, for instance, at least one of the methods as shown in FIGS.2, 5, and 6 .

FIG. 9 is a block diagram of a UE 800 shown according to an example. Forinstance, the UE 800 may be a mobile phone, a computer, a digitalbroadcast user equipment, a messaging device, a gaming console, a tabletdevice, a medical device, a fitness device, a personal digitalassistant, etc.

With reference to FIG. 9 , the UE 800 may include one or more of thefollowing assemblies: a processing assembly 802, a memory 804, a powersupply assembly 806, a multimedia assembly 808, an audio assembly 810,an input/output (I/O) interface 812, a sensor assembly 814, and acommunication assembly 816.

Generally, the processing assembly 802 controls an overall operation ofthe UE 800, such as operations associated with display, telephone calls,data communication, a camera operation, and a recording operation. Theprocessing assembly 802 may include one or more processors 820, toexecute instructions, so as to complete all or some of steps of themethods described above. In addition, the processing assembly 802 mayinclude one or more modules that facilitate interaction between theprocessing assembly 802 and other assemblies. For instance, theprocessing assembly 802 may include a multimedia module, to facilitateinteraction between the multimedia assembly 808 and the processingassembly 802.

The memory 804 is configured to store various types of data to supportthe operations at the UE 800. Instances of these data includeinstructions of any application or method operated on the UE 800,contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, videos, etc. Thememory 804 may be implemented through any type or combination ofvolatile or nonvolatile memory devices, such as a static random accessmemory (SRAM), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory(EEPROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), aprogrammable read-only memory (PROM), a read-only memory (ROM), amagnetic memory, a flash memory, a magnetic or optical disk.

The power supply assembly 806 supply power to various assemblies of theUE 800. The power supply assembly 806 may include a power supplymanagement system, one or more power supplies, and other assembliesassociated with power generating, managing, and distributing for the UE800.

The multimedia assembly 808 includes a screen that provides an outputinterface between the UE 800 and a user. In some examples, the screenmay include a liquid crystal display (LCD) and a touch panel (TP). Inthe case that the screen includes a touch panel, the screen may beimplemented as a touch screen, so as to receive an input signal from auser. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors, so as to sensetouches, swipes, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor maysense a boundary of a touch or swipe, and may also measure time ofduration and pressure associated with the touch or swipe. In someexamples, the multimedia assembly 808 includes a front camera and/or aback camera. When the UE 800 is in an operational mode, for instance, aphotographing mode or a video mode, the front-facing camera and/or therear-facing camera may receive external multimedia data. Each of thefront-facing camera and the rear-facing camera may be a fixed opticallens system or have a focal length and an optical zoom capacity.

The audio assembly 810 is configured to output and/or input audiosignals. For instance, the audio assembly 810 includes a microphone(MIC) configured to receive an external audio signal when the UE 800 isin operational modes, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and aspeech recognition mode. The received audio signal may be further storedin the memory 804 or transmitted via the communication assembly 816. Insome examples, the audio assembly 810 further includes a speaker foroutputting an audio signal.

The I/O interface 812 provides an interface between the processingassembly 802 and a peripheral interface module, such as a keyboard, aclick wheel, a button, etc. These button may include, but are notlimited to, a home button, a volume button, a start button, and a lockbutton.

The sensor assembly 814 includes one or more sensors for providing stateassessments of various aspects of the UE 800. For example, the sensorassembly 814 may detect an on/off state of the device 800 and relativepositioning of the assemblies. For instance, the assemblies are adisplay and a keypad of the UE 800. The sensor assembly 814 may alsodetect a change in position of the UE 800 or an assembly of the UE 800,the presence or absence of contact between the user and the UE 800,orientation or acceleration/deceleration of the UE 800, and temperaturevariation of the UE 800. The sensor assembly 814 may include a proximitysensor configured to detect the presence of a nearby object in theabsence of any physical contact. The sensor assembly 814 may furtherinclude a light sensor, such as a complementary metal oxidesemiconductor (CMOS) or a charged coupled device (CCD) image sensor forimaging applications. In some examples, the sensor assembly 814 mayfurther include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magneticsensor, a pressure sensor or a temperature sensor.

The communication assembly 816 is configured to facilitate wired orradio communication between the UE 800 and other devices. The UE 800 mayaccess a radio network based on a communication standard, such as WiFi,2G, or 3G, or their combination. In one example, the communicationassembly 816 receives a broadcast signal or broadcast relatedinformation from an external broadcast management system by means of abroadcast channel. In one example, the communication assembly 816further includes a near field communication (NFC) module to facilitateshort-range communication. For example, the NFC module may beimplemented based on a radio frequency identification (RFID) technology,an infrared data association (IrDA) technology, an ultra wide band (UWB)technology, a Bluetooth (BT) technology, and other technologies.

In an example, the UE 800 may be implemented by one or more applicationspecific integrated circuits (ASIC), a digital signal processor (DSP), adigital signal processing device (DSPD), a programmable logic device(PLD), a field programmable gate array (FPGA), a controller, amicrocontroller, a microprocessor, or other electronic elements forexecuting the method above.

In an example, further provided is a non-transitory computer-readablestorage medium including instructions, for instance, a memory 804including instructions which are executable by the processor 820 of theUE 800, to complete the methods above. For instance, the non-transitorycomputer-readable storage medium may be a read-only memory (ROM), arandom access memory (RAM), a compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), amagnetic tape, a floppy disk, and an optical data storage device, etc.

As shown in FIG. 10 , an example of the disclosure shows a structure ofa base station. For instance, the base station 900 may be provided as anetwork side device. With reference to FIG. 10 , the base station 900includes a processing assembly 922, and further includes one or moreprocessors, and memory resources represented by a memory 932 for storingan instruction executable by the processing assembly 922, for instance,an application program. The applications stored in the memory 932 mayinclude one or more modules, each of which corresponds to a set ofinstructions. In addition, the processing assembly 922 is configured toexecute an instruction, so as to execute any of the methods describedabove applied to the base station, for instance, the methods shown inFIGS. 2, 5 and 6 .

The base station 900 may further include a power supply assembly 926configured to execute power supply management of the base station 900, awired or radio network interface 950 configured to connect the basestation 900 to a network, and an input/output (I/O) interface 958. Thebase station 900 may operate based on an operation system stored in thememory 932, such as Windows Server ™, Mac OS X™, Unix™, Linux™,FreeBSD™, etc.

Other implementation solutions to the disclosure will be easilyconceived by those skilled in the art in consideration of thedescription and practice of the disclosure disclosed here. Thedisclosure is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptivechanges of the disclosure following the general principles of thedisclosure and includes common general knowledge or conventionaltechnical means within the technical field not disclosed in thedisclosure. The description and the examples are deemed exemplary only,and the true scope and spirit of the disclosure are indicated by thefollowing claims.

It is to be understood that the disclosure is not limited to precisestructures which have been described above and shown in the accompanyingdrawings, and may have various modifications and changes withoutdeparting from the scope of the disclosure. The scope of the disclosureis limited by the appended claims only.

1. A method for processing resource request information, performed by auser equipment (UE), comprising: reporting computation resource requestinformation to a network side, wherein the computation resource requestinformation is configured for requesting a computation resource from thenetwork side.
 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the reportingcomputation resource request information to the network side comprises:reporting the computation resource request information by means of amedium access control (MAC) control element (CE).
 3. The methodaccording to claim 1, wherein the computation resource requestinformation is carried in a computation status request (CSR); or thecomputation resource request information is carried in a buffer statusreport (BSR).
 4. The method according to claim 3, wherein thecomputation resource request information is configured for indicating atleast one of the following: a requested computation size; or acomputation resource type, wherein the requested computation sizeindicates an amount of the requested computation resource, and thecomputation resource type comprises at least one of a computing resourcetype or a storage resource type.
 5. The method according to claim 3,wherein the CSR is associated with a logic channel identity (LCID)value, and the CSR corresponds to one of reserved indexes in LCIDindexes of the LCID value.
 6. The method according to claim 4, whereinthe BSR comprises at least one of: the requested computation size; or abuffer size, wherein the buffer size is configured for indicating arequested buffer data size.
 7. The method according to claim 6, whereinthe BSR comprises a first field configured for the requested computationsize and a second field configured for the buffer size; or the BSRcomprises a single field available for both the computation size and thebuffer size; wherein the single field carries: a fourth resource indexconfigured for indicating at least one of the requested computation sizeor the buffer size, wherein the requested computation size has a presetcorresponding relation with the buffer size.
 8. The method according toclaim 4, wherein the computation resource request information comprisesat least one of: a first resource index configured for indicating aquantization range of the requested computing resource; a secondresource index configured for indicating a quantization range of arequested storage resource; or a third resource index configured forindicating a quantity of a computing resource and a quantity of astorage resource corresponding to the quantity of the computingresource.
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 12. The methodaccording to claim 1, wherein the reporting computation resource requestinformation comprises: receiving the reported computation resourcerequest information according to preset computation resource reportinggranularity; wherein the preset computation resource reportinggranularity comprises one of: UE granularity; logic channel granularity;or logic channel group granularity.
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 14. A method forprocessing resource request information, performed by a network side,comprising: receiving computation resource request information from auser equipment, wherein the computation resource request information isconfigured for requesting a computation resource from the network side.15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the receiving computationresource request information from the user equipment comprises:receiving the computation resource request information by means of anMAC CE.
 16. The method according to claim 14, wherein the computationresource request information is carried in a computation status request(CSR); or the computation resource request information is carried in abuffer status report (BSR).
 17. The method according to claim 16,wherein the computation resource request information is configured forindicating at least one of the following: a requested computation size;or a computation resource type, wherein the requested computation sizeindicates an amount of the requested computation resource, and thecomputation resource type comprises at least one of a computing resourcetype or a storage resource type.
 18. The method according to claim 16,wherein the CSR is associated with a logic channel identity (LCID)value, and the CSR corresponds to one of reserved indexes in LCIDindexes of the LCID value.
 19. The method according to claim 17, whereinthe BSR comprises at least one of: the requested computation size; or abuffer size, wherein the buffer size is configured for indicating arequested buffer data size.
 20. The method according to claim 19,wherein the BSR comprises a first field for the requested computationsize and a second field for the buffer size; or the BSR comprises asingle field for both the requested computation size and the buffersize; wherein the single field carries: a fourth resource indexconfigured for indicating at least one of the requested computation sizeor the buffer size, wherein the requested computation size has a presetcorresponding relation with the buffer size.
 21. The method according toclaim 17, wherein the computation resource request information comprisesat least one of: a first resource index configured for indicating aquantization range of the requested computing resource; a secondresource index configured for indicating a quantization range of arequested storage resource; or a third resource index configured forindicating a quantity of a computing resource and a quantity of astorage resource corresponding to the quantity of the computingresource.
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 25. The methodaccording to claim 14, wherein the receiving computation resourcerequest information comprises: receiving the computation resourcerequest information reported according to preset computation resourcereporting granularity; wherein the preset computation resource reportinggranularity comprises one of: UE granularity; logic channel granularity;or logic channel group granularity.
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 29. A communication device, comprising a processor, atransceiver, a memory, and an executable program stored on the memoryand executable by the processor, wherein the processor is configured to:report computation resource request information, wherein the computationresource request information is configured for requesting a computationresource from a network side.
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 31. A communication device,comprising a processor, a transceiver, a memory, and an executableprogram stored on the memory and executable by the processor, whereinthe processor is configured to execute the method for processingresource request information according to claim 14.